Answer: OPTS
OPTS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 121 times.
Referring Clues:
- Chooses
 - Co-___ (appropriates)
 - Gets off the fence, so to speak
 - Withdraws, with "out"
 - Votes (for)
 - Picks one
 - Selects, with "for"
 - Makes choices
 - Chooses, with "for"
 - Makes a choice
 - Goes (for)
 - Decides
 - Makes a choice [and one more example of this puzzle's theme]
 - Makes a choice (for)
 - Prefers, with "for"
 - Declines to take part, with "out"
 - Pulls (out)
 - Picks
 - Takes a course
 - Checks a particular box
 - Chooses (to)
 - Elects
 - Picks, with "for"
 - Makes up one's mind (to)
 - Takes, with "for"
 - Waffles no more
 - Gets off the fence
 - Stops being indecisive
 - Gets off the metaphorical fence
 - Elects (to)
 - Stops waffling
 - Makes a pick
 - Decides to leave, with "out"
 - Withdraws (with "out")
 - Goes for
 - Makes up one's mind
 - Makes a selection
 - Makes a decision
 - Settles on, with "for"
 - With 23-Across, decides to withdraw
 - Isn't indecisive
 - Mayberry minor
 - Chooses not to participate, with "out"
 - Takes one's pick
 - Goes with, with "for"
 - Doesn't vacillate
 - Declines to participate, with "out"
 - Stops hedging
 - Acts on a preference
 - Backs (out)
 - Chooses, with ''for''
 - Withdraws, with ''out''
 - Decides (to)
 - Picks, with ''for''
 - Takes a pick
 - Declines, with ''out''
 - Makes a commitment
 - Stops shilly-shallying
 - Selects
 - Selects, with ''for''
 - Isn't wishy-washy
 - Ends indecision
 - Stops vacillating
 - Puts an end to wavering
 - Stops wavering
 - Takes two from column B, e.g.
 - ___ out (withdraws)
 - Comes to a decision
 - Quits wavering
 - Declines, with "out of"
 - Chooses (with "for")
 - Declines (with "out of")
 - Declines, with "out"
 - States a preference
 - Doesn't decline, with "in"
 - Decides on, with "for"
 - Makes a decision
 - ___ for (chooses)
 - No longer waffles
 - Ad- and co- followers
 - Picks one or the other
 - Makes one's mind up
 - Selects, with 'for'
 - Plays, with "in"
 - Is decisive
 - Unsubscribes, with "out"
 - Drops (out)
 - Chooses, with 'for'
 - Fishes or cuts bait, say
 - Plumps (for)
 - Act on a prefrence
 - Chooses (for)
 - Gets off the fence?
 - Selects as an alternative
 - Fishes or cuts bait, for example
 - Selects an alternative
 - Participates, with "in"
 - Accepts, with "in"
 - Decides on (with "for")
 - ___ for (picks)
 - Stops equivocating
 - Shows a preference
 - Chooses a course
 - Picks (with "for")
 - ___ out (declines)
 - Pulls (out of)
 - ___ for (selects)
 - Decides one way or the other
 - Elects, with "for"
 - Takes out, as withdraws
 - Doesn't participate, with "out"
 - ___ out (declines to participate)
 - Expresses a preference (for)
 - Exercises one's discretion
 - ___ for (decides to choose)
 - ___ out (doesn't participate)
 - Comes down on one side of something
 - Gets involved, with "in"
 - Uses one's discretion
 - ___ out (unsubscribes)
 - ___ in (chooses to participate)
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 12, 2025
 - LA Times - October 01, 2025
 - USA Today - August 26, 2025
 - LA Times - July 27, 2025
 - USA Today - July 07, 2025
 - LA Times - June 12, 2025
 - LA Times - June 09, 2025
 - New York Times - June 02, 2025
 - New York Times - February 22, 2025
 - New York Times - February 11, 2025
 - New York Times - January 22, 2025
 - LA Times - January 13, 2025
 - LA Times - December 24, 2024
 - USA Today - December 05, 2024
 - LA Times - November 27, 2024
 - LA Times - November 12, 2024
 - LA Times - November 11, 2024
 - LA Times - October 23, 2024
 - New York Times - October 11, 2024
 - USA Today - October 10, 2024
 
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